--- title: Transforming Hawaiian Wisdom Into Business Insight | Kainoa Horcajo description: Kainoa Horcajo blends ancient Hawaiian wisdom with modern business insights, offering workshops and consulting to foster organizational culture and leadership growth. --- [Think Hawaiianby Kainoa Horcajo](https://kainoahorcajo.com/) - [Programs](https://kainoahorcajo.com/programs) - [About Kainoa](https://kainoahorcajo.com/about-kainoa-horcajo) - [Think Hawaiian Insights](https://kainoahorcajo.com/think-hawaiian-insights) [Book Kainoa →](https://kainoahorcajo.com/book-kainoa) - [Programs](https://kainoahorcajo.com/programs) - [About Kainoa](https://kainoahorcajo.com/about-kainoa-horcajo) - [Think Hawaiian Insights](https://kainoahorcajo.com/think-hawaiian-insights) [Book Kainoa →](https://kainoahorcajo.com/book-kainoa) [Home](https://kainoahorcajo.com/)/About Kainoa About Kainoa # Part cultural wayfinder, part *storytelling sorcerer.* Kainoa Horcajo navigates the space between ancient wisdom and modern innovation — turning timeless Hawaiian knowledge into the insight today's organizations need. SpeakerStoryweaverWriterFarmer [Work with Kainoa →](https://kainoahorcajo.com/book-kainoa) [See the workshops](https://kainoahorcajo.com/programs) ![Kainoa Horcajo](https://kainoahorcajo.com/hubfs/Savvy360_Fall2023_Kainoa%20H_049.jpg) Featured in ![The Washington Post](https://kainoahorcajo.com/hubfs/kh-washington-post-1.png)![Vogue](https://kainoahorcajo.com/hubfs/kh-vogue-1.png)![CNN](https://kainoahorcajo.com/hubfs/kh-cnn-1.png)![The Wall Street Journal](https://kainoahorcajo.com/hubfs/kh-wallstreet.png)![Bloomberg](https://kainoahorcajo.com/hubfs/kh-bloomberg-1.png)![Business Insider](https://kainoahorcajo.com/hubfs/kh-business-insider-1.png)![Los Angeles Times](https://kainoahorcajo.com/hubfs/kh-la-times-1.png) ![](https://kainoahorcajo.com/hubfs/kh-washington-post-1.png)![](https://kainoahorcajo.com/hubfs/kh-vogue-1.png)![](https://kainoahorcajo.com/hubfs/kh-cnn-1.png)![](https://kainoahorcajo.com/hubfs/kh-wallstreet.png)![](https://kainoahorcajo.com/hubfs/kh-bloomberg-1.png)![](https://kainoahorcajo.com/hubfs/kh-business-insider-1.png)![](https://kainoahorcajo.com/hubfs/kh-la-times-1.png) The story Through his firm, the Moʻolelo Group, Kainoa transforms timeless Hawaiian wisdom into *tomorrow's business insight* — corporate strategy from a master storyteller who speaks both tradition and TikTok. His career reads like a genre-bending blockbuster: from Hawaiian sovereignty advocacy and legislative work, to Emmy Award-winning co-creator and host of *SEARCH Hawaii*, to cultural advisor for global hospitality brands, to steward of his family's regenerative farm in ʻĪao Valley. As a consultant who's earned praise from Fortune 500 CEOs and cultural elders alike, he's mastered the art of making ancestral wisdom relevant to modern challenges. He's living proof that the path between past and future isn't a straight line — it's a journey of respect, innovation, and the occasional perfectly timed pop-culture reference. Beyond the work ## A life rooted in many places at once. Kainoa's perspective is shaped by the range of kuleana he carries — across business, culture, conservation, and the land itself. Principal Owner The Moʻolelo Group President Maui Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce President Kipuka Olowalu Advisory Board Member PBS Hawaiʻi Co-Owner Valley Isle Distilling Co-Owner & Farmer Mahina Farms, ʻĪao Valley Work together ## Bring this way of seeing to your organization. From keynote stages to multi-day executive intensives, Kainoa helps leaders and teams build culture, alignment, and connection that lasts. [Book Kainoa →](https://kainoahorcajo.com/book-kainoa) [Explore the workshops](https://kainoahorcajo.com/programs) [Think Hawaiianby Kainoa Horcajo](https://kainoahorcajo.com/) “Ho‘okala ka pohaku, ho‘okala ke kanaka.”As stone sharpens stone, so man sharpens man. #### Workshops [All Programs](https://kainoahorcajo.com/programs)[For Organizational Culture](https://kainoahorcajo.com/organizational-culture)[For Teams](https://kainoahorcajo.com/teams)[For Leaders](https://kainoahorcajo.com/leaders) #### Company [About Kainoa](https://kainoahorcajo.com/about-kainoa-horcajo)[Book Kainoa](https://kainoahorcajo.com/book-kainoa)[Newsletter](https://kainoahorcajo.com/newsletter)[Contact Us](https://kainoahorcajo.com/contact-us) © 2026 Mo‘olelo Group, LLC. All rights reserved. Privacy[Terms](https://kainoahorcajo.com/terms)